Doctor's office opens at 8.30. I have been calling since 8.29. I finally got through at 8.48 only to be told that all appointments have gone and since the surgery operates on a ridiculous system whereby you cannot make an appointment in advance and are only able to call on the day then I will need to go through the whole thing again tomorrow, and miss time from work as a result, unless they are able to squeeze me in as a cancellation at some point today, which means sitting all day waiting by the phone on the off chance they call, again missing time off work.
Why make it so inconvenient?